The hottest new tabloid on Azeroth is looking for writers and contributors to help us keep the citizens entertained and informed! The salary will be paid monthly or based on the length of your article if you are a one-time contributor.

The Scarlet features everything you could possibly think of - and more!

If you wish to join the newsroom, place an advert or become an irregular contributor, take part in a competition or ask questions in our agony aunt section, et cetera, contact the owner Webbles Boozeboat.

The Scarlet, The Scarlet tagline and all affiliated content is the intellectual property of A Webblesque Enterprise.

2015:

The paper will be called The Scarlet and, like The Companion, it will be GHI-based. I yet again expect people to keep their GHI up-to-date just for me. For some more info I'll just lazily quote Wrylas' old Companion post.

I replaced 'The Companion' with 'The Scarlet'. So nice of me:

The Scarlet is a new IC newspaper (yawn). The exciting thing about The Scarlet is that it's circulated entirely through GHI (or Gryphonheart Items) It means you don't have to tab-out to read, instead you can read in-game and in-character, keeping you immersed - it means you have to seek out a copy in-character, either buying one from a stall, finding one of our paperboys (Webbles) or borrowing a copy from a friend!

The Scarlet aims to hit the streets soon™, but I'm sure you can appreciate that two people can't learn everything that's happening on the realm - that's why we're hiring writers and journalists to help fill our first issue! We're looking for characters with a personality and a good grasp of written Common, who have a particular axe to grind or some political motivation! We want a diverse range of characters of every profession, craft and background. Most importantly, characters who are enthusiastic about having a go at an article or column.

What you choose to write about is up to you (and the editor)! It's worth noting that people who want to write must have decent English skills. Large vocabularies are absolutely not necessary - you write from your character's perspective, they might not be literary geniuses - however you ought to have an interesting writing style. You must also be willing to commit some time every week to write your article.

If this thread has worked and you now want to join the newsroom, contact Webbles in-game and visit our Stormwind office. If there's something I missed or you need to know more, post below (I'll try my best to be active) or contact me in-game!

The Scarlet will not be weekly, probably not even fortnightly. Hopefully we can release at least one issue a month. I am basically starting this with almost zero expectations as there is little random RP for us to report. However, I already have a few people who are willing to contribute.

You do not have to join a guild or anything this time.

The lack of random RP needn't be a huge issue, though, if we get enough active contributors. Roleplayers generally have a good imagination (except for me), so you can just come up with stories about NPCs (don't break lore or control happenings too much, though), fictional stories (made by your character), adverts, horoscopes, et cetera.

naysayer wrote:y u do dis again???

I found the few issues of [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] that we made before WoD killed us and I thought it was really fun to look back into the things that happened like a year ago. Perhaps one day there will be an entire archive of newspapers (even accessible IC) where we can find all the important happenings of the past.

Companion fangurl wrote:why a new name??? what's different????

scarlet (ˈskɑːlɪt)adj4. sinful or immoral, esp unchaste

Basically this will be more of a tabloid than a newspaper. Our standards will plummet and the experience of opening the rag might feel like diving into a trashcan. Maybe not, but it'd be fun. So this means we accept gossip-y stuff as well as proper news.

GHI wrote:i suck tho, lol

Yes, you do. GHI still doesn't allow trade between the connected realms, so I will have to use my paperboy Timblês-DefiasBrotherhood to circulate the paper. Or perhaps some kind spirit will help me circulate them. i wont be using it lolol

wannabe contributor wrote:How do I contribute? : ))

You can either write your article/other text on a GHI document and bring it to me in character (this is unnecessarily difficult if you are not from The Venture Co) or send me in-game mail (Webbles-TheVentureCo or Webblês-TheVentureCo). Or even PM me on the forums, though I might forget to check them.

So, What's New?

No More GHI!

It seems they are never going to make the cross-realm trading possible, and that simply ruins the main reason why I wanted to use GHI - the little bit of RP that happens when people come to buy their papers. But when the trading didn't work, people just waited for the import code to appear on the forums, and nothing was achieved.

So, as much as I hate encouraging off-screen RP, this time I will be trying out a forum website, and hope that it still at least manages to get people to gossip about things.

Tips!

Did you spot (or do) something scandalous but can't be bothered to write an article about it? Did your character or a nearby NPC even get a picture of a murder or an affair? Send your knowledge to me and I'll write the blast for you!

I'm hoping that while a lot of people may not be interested in writing news longer than two sentences, maybe they would still find the time to send me those two sentences and keep the gossip going. Even if you aren't interested in gossip, you could always have a nemesis that needs to be publicly humiliated. Abuse the trashy media for your own goals. Yay!

And, should you desperately want to RP the victim of a scandal yourself, you can always send tips about your own shady actions. There are plenty of NPCs on the streets who could've spotted you!

IC they can be considered to be rumours, letters or even sticky notes that were sent to Webbles.

Spoiler:

Not all tips will necessarily be published at all, and some may be kept for later use. So don't take it personally if you don't find your blast in the next edition!

PS. Make sure you explain why the characters involved in the possible scandal are 'relevant' or 'famous'. There's no point in gossipping about someone who just appeared on the server and no one knows them! Unless, of course, whatever they did was scandalous enough to make them famous on the spot.

Even Worse Quality!

If I get a really juicy tip, I'm not going to not post it just because I don't have enough material to make it longer than five sentences. Or if there aren't any facts to back it up. Those are very irrelevant in good journalism, after all!

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I would like to both remind and promote the thread [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. I made it, having in mind that there are/were many newspapers that are published very randomly, so let's keep it in one place? I'm willing to update the "stockpile" in the original post, with the front page provided.

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